Società politica istriana

The Società politica istriana ("Istrian Political Society") was an Italian political party founded in 1884 by Francesco Costantini in Pisino (now Pazin, Croatia), which was at the time part of the Austrian Empire. It was also known as Partito liberazionale.^[4]

Istrian Political Society Società politica istriana
Abbreviation	SPI[1]
Founder	Francesco Costantini
Founded	1884
Dissolved	1915
Headquarters	Pisino (Pazin)[2]
Ideology	Liberalism[3]
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History

It was founded by Francesco Costantini, as the output of the Italian political forces in Istria, especially the liberal party.^[5] Costantini was also its first president.^[6] Its political agenda was centered on the defense and diffusion of Italianità in Istria.^[5][7]

In 1905 it reached an agreement with the Political Society for Croats and Slovenes in Istria on the division of constituencies.^[4] The two parties hardly managed to cooperate. The party was broken down by the Austrian government in 1915.^[4]

References

1. D'Alessio, Vanni (2003). Il cuore conteso il nazionalismo in una comunità multietnica : l'Istria asburgica. Filema. p. 198. ISBN 9788886358705.
2. Merlo, Claudia. "Pisino". Treccani.
3. Wiggermann, Frank (2017). Vom Kaiser zum Duce Lodovico Rizzi (1859-1945). Eine italienische Karriere in Istrien (in German). Haymon Verlag. ISBN 9783709937778.
4. D'Alessio, Vanni. Societa' politica Istriana. Istarska Enciklopedija.
5. Dugan, Mario (2019). Lo sviluppo del Bacino dell'Alto Adriatico dal 15.000 a.C. a oggi. Booksprint. p. 291. ISBN 9788824934985.
6. Minerva rivista delle riviste (1893). Minerva rassegna internazionale. Soc. ed. Laziale. p. 264.
7. Ivetic, Egidio (2016). Un confine nel Mediterraneo L'Adriatico orientale tra Italia e Slavia (1300-1900). Viella Libreria Editrice. ISBN 9788867286942.